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Inspired by leaders such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the online manosphere has exploded in recent years. Dedicated to anti-feminism, these communities have orchestrated online campaigns of misogynistic harassment, with some individuals committing violent terrorist attacks.

Although the manosphere has become a focus point of the media, researchers, and government agencies alike, discourse about it either over-sensationalises the community, or finds simplistic explanations to understand its development. Using a mixture of historical and economic analysis, alongside a study of manosphere content, Dr. Simon Copland delves deeper, to explain how the manosphere has developed and why it appeals to so many men.

The Male Complaint argues the manosphere is not an aberration, but is deeply embedded within mainstream, neoliberal, social structures. The community provides a space of understanding, connection, and purpose for a cohort of alienated men. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand, and do something, about this growing phenomenon.

The Male Complaint will be published by Polity Press.